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352 - R. Kelly's Sex Cult

Timesuck with Dan Cummins

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The Groupie Phenomenon

Rolling Stone magazine published an article in 1969 on groupies the girls of rock. The article portrays the relationship of groupies and rock stars as a somewhat symbiotic relationship. They give the rock star sex and then they get the pleasure of having gotten that conquest. For every such success story, groupie life has presented scores of tragedies made worse by the preoccupation with sex and dope that is integral to rock culture.

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